Exploration
What were the three main motivations for European exploration?
God, Gold, and Glory
Spanish Explorer Alvarez de Pineda is best known for..
mapping the coast of Texas (Gulf of Mexico)
These two countries competed for territory in the New World; particularly in Texas.
Spain and France
Raised livestock in order to provide food and other products to missions, presidios and civil settlements
Ranchos (ranches)
To travel for the purpose of discovery.
Exploration
This was the exchanging of goods between the New and Old World
The Columbian Exchange
After exploring parts of Texas, Cabeza de Vaca told fables (fictional stories) of..
seven cities of Cibola (Gold)
Provide one example of Spanish colonization still evident in Texas today?
Language (Spanish) and culture (rodeo, food, clothes etc.)
These settlements were built to protect Spanish settlements from French forces and Native American raids.
Presidios
Their main purpose was to convert Native Americans into devoted Christians and Spanish citizens.
Mission
The initial reason for Spanish Exploration.
find a faster, cheaper trade route to Asia
These two explorers are known for documenting things about Texas..
Pineda and Cabeza de Vaca
Spain INITIALLY developed the mission system for what reason?
To keep France from colonizing Texas (keep France away!)
Physical geography influenced the development of Spanish settlements, evident in that the most settlements were located near..
Rivers (bodies of water)
An excursion, journey, or voyage for a specific purpose.
Expedition
During the era of Exploration, the Native American population was negatively impacted by..
Diseases (smallpox etc.)
The Italian sea captain that discovered the New World and claimed it on behalf of Spain.
Christopher Columbus
Father Antonio Olivares founded this mission in the year 1718.
Mission San Antonio de Valero
Civil settlements that were built around missions were called...
Towns
The act of sending a group of settlers to (a place) and establishing political control over it.
Colonization
What is significant about the year 1519?
Pineda mapped the Texas Coast and Cortes conquered the Aztec empire.
This explorer is responsible for motivating Spain to colonize Texas.
La Salle (Name the settlement he built for double points)
Marques de Rubi reported to the King of Spain that most missions were too far away to be protected, so advised the King of Spain to..
Abandon all missions except La Bahia and San Antonio.
Colonists from other territories of Spain/New Spain were moved to missions in Texas in order to ensure that..
the population increased and missions survived (double points if you can tell me where the first group of colonists that moved to Texas missions were from)
The Spanish name given to a person who took land by force.
Conquistador